A recording of Jenufa starring Karita Mattila, with the Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Bernard Haitink was released at amazon.com on December 17, 2002.
Karita "Mattila and Jorma Silvasti are vocally resplendent as the romantic leads, and Mr. Haitink and the Covent Garden orchestra work wonders with Janacek's often brutally impractical orchestration. Every note can be picked out of the meticulously balanced textures, and even the shortest phrases are lovingly shaped."--from an article by Derek Katz in the New York Times of January 5, 2003.
This recording is "now my top recommendation for Janacek's most popular opera," wrote T. Hashimoto in the San Francisco Examiner of January 7, 2003. |
